Prevention of Sacral Pressure Ulcers With Preventive Dressings

Maastricht University Medical Center253 enrolled

Overview

In this study we would like to find a way to prevent sacral pressure ulcers in high-risk patients by the use of a Mepilex sacral dressing. The research question we would like to answer is the following: Is the Mepilex sacral dressing a cost-effective dressing for the prevention of grade I to grade IV pressure ulcers in the sacral region in higher-risk hospitalized patients?

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

253

Conditions

Grade I to Grade IV Pressure Ulcers in Higher Risk Patients

Interventions

Mepilex® Border Sacrum dressingsDEVICE

Mepilex® Border Sacrum dressings

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Age: ≥18 years * Admission in one of the ten high-risk departments of the azM * Suspected hospital stay of 5 days or more after admission * Braden score 19 or less Exclusion Criteria: * Age: \<18 years * Pre-existing sacral pressure ulcer * Pre-existing trauma to the sacrum * Patient is unable to speak Dutch * Patients with an inability to give informed consent * Patients who are unable to give informed consent within 24h after admission * Patients who are unable to give informed consent before surgery

Locations (1)

Academic Hospital of Maastricht

Maastricht, Netherlands

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

To compare the number of patients who develop sacral pressure ulcers between the group with the Mepilex® Border Sacrum dressings (Group A) and the group without any sacral dressings (Group B).

till hospital release, max 8 weeks

Time frame: 8 weeks

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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